Journal articles: 'Torres Straits'

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LEE-ROSS, DARREN, and BENJAMIN MITCHELL. "DOING BUSINESS IN THE TORRES STRAITS: A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURE AND THE NATURE OF INDIGENOUS ENTREPRENEURS." Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship 12, no. 02 (June 2007): 199–216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1084946707000630.

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This qualitative study focuses on the relationship between culture and entrepreneurship in the Torres Strait Islands. Similar to other countries with a low per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP), aggregate evidence suggests that entrepreneurial activity is commonplace among the indigenous community. Closer investigation revealed this is particularly so for a form known as "marginal" entrepreneurship. Using Hofstede's (1994) model of cultural dimensions linked to key western entrepreneurial traits, a sample of 61 Torres Strait entrepreneurs showed sizable perceptual trait differences compared with western theory. This has implications on the received current wisdom regarding typical values and characteristics of entrepreneurs. It would appear that cultural differences exist between the entrepreneurs of the Torres Straits and others. The implications of this finding have a potentially significant impact on policy and the level and types of investment funds made available for enabling entrepreneurship in the Torres Straits.

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Wilson, Mark. "Planning your elective--the Torres Straits." BMJ 325, Suppl S1 (July 1, 2002): 0207244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0207244.

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Kaye, Stuart B. "The Torres Strait. International Straits of the World, Vol. 12." Verfassung in Recht und Übersee 32, no. 2 (1999): 283–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-1999-2-283.

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Roberts, Julian. "Compulsory Pilotage in International Straits: The Torres Strait PSSA Proposal." Ocean Development & International Law 37, no. 1 (January 2006): 93–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00908320500474049.

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David, Bruno, Joe Crouch, and Ugo Zoppi. "Historicizing the Spiritual: Bu Shell Arrangements on the Island of Badu, Torres Strait." Cambridge Archaeological Journal 15, no. 1 (April 2005): 71–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959774305000041.

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Bu (Syrinx aruanus) shell arrangements are often found in ritual sites across Torres Strait. The position of such sites within Indigenous cosmologies has been ethnographically documented for the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This article historicizes Indigenous spiritscapes by tracking back in time the history of this particular material expression of spiritual belief in Western Torres Strait. We argue that the last c. 400 years saw major shifts in ritual engagements with seascapes in Western Torres Straits. These transformations may have been Indigenous responses to the traumatic events of early contact with European seafarers, in particular the earliest Spanish sailors of 1606.

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Beckett, Jeremy. "Rock Art in the Torres Straits Islands." Mankind 6, no. 2 (February 10, 2009): 52–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1835-9310.1963.tb00341.x.

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Staines, Zoe, and John Scott. "Crime and colonisation in Australia’s Torres Strait Islands." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 53, no. 1 (August 21, 2019): 25–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865819869049.

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The overrepresentation of Indigenous Australians in the criminal justice system has been thoroughly documented over a number of decades. However, studies tend to adopt homogenising discourses that fail to acknowledge or deeply examine the diversity of Indigenous Australian experiences of crime, including across geographic and cultural contexts. This has prompted calls for a more thorough investigation of how experiences of crime differ across Australia’s Indigenous communities, including between remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This paper forms part of a larger study, examining crime and justice in the Torres Strait Region, situated off the far northern tip of the State of Queensland. Here, we examine and compare reported crime trends in the Torres Straits with those in Queensland’s remote Aboriginal communities and Queensland State on the whole. We then draw upon existing anthropological, historical and other literature to explore possible explanations for differences in these crime rates. We find that crime rates are generally lower in the Torres Strait Region and that the different historical experiences of colonisation and policing may provide a partial explanation for this, particularly through the lens of social disorganisation theory.

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Mullins, Steve. "Torres Straits pre-colonial population: the historical evidence reconsidered." Queensland Archaeological Research 9 (December 1, 1992): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.25120/qar.9.1992.109.

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This article argues that a close and informed reading of the historical evidence indicates that David Harris's 1979 estimate of the pre-colonial population of the western islands of Torres Strait is exaggerated, and that Jeremy Beckett's original 1971 estimate is more accurate.

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Griffiths, Alison. "Cambridge and the Torres Straits: Centenary Essays on the 1898 Anthropological Expedition:Cambridge and the Torres Straits: Centenary Essays on the 1898 Anthropological Expedition." American Anthropologist 102, no. 1 (March 2000): 196–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/aa.2000.102.1.196.

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Nakata, Martin N. "Cutting A Better Deal For Torres Strait Islanders." Aboriginal Child at School 23, no. 3 (September 1995): 20–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0310582200004892.

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In the Torres Straits, the cultural agenda, along with the push to move away from English as the language of instruction, has not been met with uniform enthusiasm by all Islanders. For many there has been a growing sense of disquiet and continuing frustration about the preoccupations with liberal humanist agendas in Islander education, and the ongoing low levels of educational outcomes (Nakata, 1994a; Nakata, Jensen and Nakata, in prep.). As interesting as the writings in education (Orr and Williamson, 1973; Finch, 1975; Langbridge, 1977; Orr, 1977, 1979; Osborne, 1979; Cunnington, 1984; Kale, 1987,1988; Castley and Osborne, 1988; Castley, 1988; Williamson, 1990) are to some people, they contribute little towards an understanding of our difficulties as we, Torres Strait Islanders, experience schooling, and thus contribute little towards a platform for improving our current or future educational outcomes.

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Lansbury, Nina, Andrew M. Redmond, and Francis Nona. "Community-Led Health Initiatives for Torres Straits Island Communities in a Changing Climate: Implementing Core Values for Mitigation and Adaptation." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 24 (December 9, 2022): 16574. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416574.

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First Nations Peoples have a long history of living in Australia’s changing climate and a deep knowledge of their traditional estate (‘Country’). However, human-induced climate change raises unforeseen risks to the health of First Nations Peoples—especially in remotely located communities. This includes the Torres Strait Islands, where a local leader asked our Torres Strait Islander co-author, ’We know that you will return to your Country—unlike previous researchers. So how can you help with climate change?’ In response, this research describes four core values focused on supporting First Nations Peoples’ health and wellbeing: co-design, appropriate governance, support for self-determination, and respectfully incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into health-protective climate initiatives. Supporting the health and wellbeing of Torres Strait Islanders to continue living in the remote Torres Strait Islands in a changing climate can enable long-term care for Country, maintenance of culture, and a sense of identity for First Nations Peoples. Ensuring these core values are implemented can support the health of present and future generations and will likely be applicable to other First Nations communities.

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Hananto, Pulung Widhi Hari, and Rahandy Riski Prananda. "SUCCESS STORY TO ERADICATE THE MARINE POLLUTION IN INTERNATIONAL STRAIT OR STRAIT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE." CREPIDO 2, no. 2 (November 29, 2020): 97–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/crepido.2.2.97-110.

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Marine pollution has a significant impact on the waters of the coastal states, especially in the strait routes used for international trade. The traffic density of large ships which is not proportional to the wide geographical conditions, makes the Strait of Malacca a potential area that is prone to high marine pollution. This article aims to examine the use of the Marine Electronic Highway in the Malacca Strait and the success story which is applied to the territorial waters of other countries that have the same conditions. The results of the study show that in the Dover strait region, the French and British Governments are collaborating by investing in infrastructure to regulate the navigation of these areas. Meanwhile, at The Torres Straits, the Australian Government implemented a Pilotage policy by requiring ships passing through to pay a maintenance fee of 3% for the conservation of the waterways and security zones. However, the Indonesian and Malaysian governments had to negotiate beforehand to determine the delimitation of their respective maritime boundaries in Malacca Straits.

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Durre, A. C. "Incorporating Traditional Cultural Material into the Curriculum of Aboriginal Community Schools." Aboriginal Child at School 13, no. 4 (September 1985): 45–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0310582200013961.

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Queensland has isolated Aboriginal communities whose contact with the dominant society is restricted by the tyranny of distance, if nothing else. Several additional communities experience greater contact because of proximity.In 1972, a majority of these schools were still mission controlled. Transition to State responsibility has occurred at various negotiated rates, but by 1978 all were the responsibility of the Queensland Education Department except for Islander schools in the Torres Straits. These remained the concern of the Department of Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement until 1985.

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David, Bruno, Ian McNiven, Louise Manas, John Manas, Saila Savage, Joe Crouch, Guy Neliman, and Liam Brady. "Goba of Mua: archaeology working with oral tradition." Antiquity 78, no. 299 (March 2004): 158–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00093005.

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A team of Elders and community officials from the island of Mua in the Torres Straits got together with archaeologists from Australia to study an episode which occurred on the island before the coming of Christianity in 1871. Oral tradition located the burial place of the father of an ancestral islander named Goba, and the investigation of a rock shelter nearby gave a dated sequence of occupation and a fresh sighting of rock paintings, all relating to the period. Each type of evidence gave context to the other, and the project offered a vivid example of how history is fashioned.

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Tiong, Keith. "Clinical Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Indigenous and Torres Straits Australians (ATSI) in Far North Queensland." Heart, Lung and Circulation 17 (2008): S158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2008.05.376.

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Beal, Cara, Bernard Dorante, Patrick Pearson, Safaa Aldirawi, and Noora Abdallah. "Working with Community and Council: The Kirirri Story." Water e-Journal 5, no. 4 (2020): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.21139/wej.2020.023.

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Ensuring safe, accessible and acceptable drinking water in remote communities in Australia requires culturally and socially appropriate, technically feasible and economically viable approaches. Arguably, technical and economic factors have been the main focus for remote communities in the water sector, as engineers historically drove the design, planning and construction phases of water supply management options. More recently, increasing focus has been on understanding and integrating local people and place into water supply and demand management. This paper focusses on community-based water demand management in the inner Torres Straits community of Kirirri. The aims and methods are outlined, along with a discussion of the findings which describe the community-preferred demand management tools that were piloted in 25 households between 2018-2019.

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Pickles, Anthony J. "Part and Whole Numbers: an ‘Enumerative’ Reinterpretation of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits and its Subjects." Oceania 79, no. 3 (November 2009): 293–315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1834-4461.2009.tb00066.x.

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Waltham, N. J., J. Schaffer, J. Buist, M. Geyle, and D. Toby. "Working with land and sea rangers to tackle tropical wetland restoration and conservation on the north-western islands, Torres Straits, Australia." Wetlands Ecology and Management 26, no. 6 (November 2, 2018): 1143–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11273-018-9637-4.

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Hickson, Sydney J. "25. The Gorgonacea from Torres Straits collected by Prof. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 1888-1889, with notes on the genera Hicksonella and Pseudothesea." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London B108, no. 3 (August 20, 2009): 585–610. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1938.tb08533.x.

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Drummond, Ali. "Embodied Indigenous knowledges protecting and privileging Indigenous peoples' ways of knowing, being and doing in undergraduate nursing education." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 49, no. 2 (October 27, 2020): 127–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jie.2020.16.

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AbstractIn the era of Indigenising the academy, health disciplines like nursing are required to teach Indigenous peoples' health, history and culture in their undergraduate programmes in order to meet national accreditation standards. This inclusion of Indigenous peoples' perspectives within nursing education towards registration thus qualifies respective Indigenous perspectives as legitimate parts of the Australian nursing profession's scope of practice, which may sound like a reason to celebrate. However, caution should be exercised. Indigenous and Western knowledge systems are incommensurable. The practice of defining Indigenous perspectives for placements within curricula could be likened to extractive colonialism. Thus, the commodifying of Indigenous perspectives in creating competitive education products is problematic. As a Meriam and Wuthathi man who grew up in the Zenadth Kes (Torres Straits) now living and working on Turrbul and Yuggera country, and as a nurse academic, being immersed in this space of contentions is my reality. In order to enhance the education preparation of nursing students I teach, while simultaneously protect my embodied Indigenous knowledges and the Indigenous perspectives included in the curricula I teach, I privilege Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing in my teaching practice. This yarn is about my experience in this cultural interface.

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Zoellner, Don, Anne Stephens, Victor Joseph, and Davena Monro. "Mission-Driven Adaptability in a Changing National Training System." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 46, no. 1 (December 1, 2016): 54–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jie.2016.24.

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This case study of an adult and community education provider based in far north Queensland describes its capacity to balance various iterations of public policy against its vision for the future of Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islanders. Community-controlled organisations wanting to contribute to economic and social development in regional/remote Australia through the use of formally recognised vocational education and training have adjusted to at least three major sociopolitical changes at the national policy level since the early 1990s. These include redefining equity, marketising the delivery of public services and increased centralisation. The contemporary orientation of vocational education and training as part of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy has become a highly prescriptive and heavily centralised mechanism for the establishment of employment outcomes. This has been framed as an obligation and right of Australian citizenship as opposed to the other wellbeing and personal development benefits of education. This registered training organisation has navigated four burdensome (re)definitions of equity that have made planning and delivery of true lifelong training objectives difficult. The provider has embraced the marketisation of the sector and navigated other policy changes in order to provide the services and knowledge set out in the college mission statement.

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Jahoda, Gustav. "On Richard Thurnwald’s Ethno-Psychology." History & Philosophy of Psychology 10, no. 2 (2008): 22–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpshpp.2008.10.2.22.

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While the work of Rivers with the Cambridge expedition to Torres Straits is well known, few psychologists in Anglophone countries or even Germany have heard of Richard Thurnwald (1860–1954). He was an anthropologist keenly interested in psychology, which he regarded as an important tool. In 1906 he went on an expedition to what was then a German colony in present-day Papua New Guinea. Although his primary task was anthropological, he carried out some psychological studies. Unlike Rivers, who had confined himself to sensory functions, Thurnwald also wanted to study higher mental processes. He conducted experiments that included colour vision and colour naming, attention and memory, association, elementary arithmetic, and several aspects of drawing, a topic popular at the time. Particularly noteworthy are his experiments on what he called ‘transmission of reports’, which anticipated Bartlett’s method of ‘serial reproduction’. Thurnwald was not as skilled an experimenter as Rivers, and he himself modestly described his efforts as mere pilot studies. However, he did have innovative ideas and, like Bartlett after him, related his work to the problems of culture change. Later in life he frequently wrote about what used to be known as ‘primitive thought’, but that was based on his field observations and he no longer did any experimental work.

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Harris, Patrick N. A., Natkunam Ketheesan, Leigh Owens, and Robert E. Norton. "Clinical Features That Affect Indirect-Hemagglutination-Assay Responses to Burkholderia pseudomallei." Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 16, no. 6 (April 29, 2009): 924–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/cvi.00026-09.

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ABSTRACT Melioidosis, a disease endemic to northern Australia and Southeast Asia, is caused by the soil saprophyte Burkholderia pseudomallei. The indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA) is the most frequently used serological test to help confirm exposure to the causative organism. However, despite culture-confirmed disease, patients often have a negative IHA result at presentation and occasionally fail to seroconvert in serial testing. We retrospectively examined results for all patients with culture-confirmed melioidosis from our laboratory between January 1996 and August 2008. One hundred forty patients had a recorded IHA titer at presentation, 71 of which were positive at a titer of 1:40 or greater. Fifty-three patients went on to have subsequent IHAs 1 month or more after presentation. The relationships between IHA responses and clinical features were examined. The presence of bacteremia was significantly associated with a negative IHA at presentation. The coexistence of diabetes was associated with the presence of a positive IHA at presentation. In total, 14 patients (26%) demonstrated persistently negative IHA titers upon serial testing. No clinical factors were found to be significantly associated with this phenomenon. Supplementary testing using melioidosis-specific immunoglobulin G by EIA demonstrated different effects, with only Aboriginal or Torres Straits Islander ethnicity being significantly associated with a positive EIA at presentation. Reasons for these findings are examined, and directions for future research are discussed.

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Yap, Nicholas Wei Liang, Ria Tan, Clara Lei Xin Yong, Koh Siang Tan, and Danwei Huang. "Sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) of Singapore: redescription and taxonomy of Phymanthus pinnulatus Martens in Klunzinger, 1877." ZooKeys 840 (April 17, 2019): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.840.31390.

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Despite the ubiquity of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) in tropical ecosystems, our understanding of their biodiversity and taxonomy is limited. Here we re-establish the identity of an intertidal zooxanthellate species, Phymanthuspinnulatus Martens in Klunzinger, 1877. Originally described from a single preserved specimen in the Berlin Museum by CB Klunzinger, his brief footnote lacked crucial details to positively identify the species. Our redescription is based on more than 50 living individuals of P.pinnulatus collected from its type locality, Singapore. These were examined and compared with type materials of the species and its congeners. Specimens of P.pinnulatus differ from syntypes of species described as Phymanthuslevis Kwietniewski, 1898 from Indonesia, as well as Phymanthussansibaricus Carlgren, 1900 and Phymanthusstrandesi Carlgren, 1900, both described from East Africa. Phymanthuspinnulatus was encountered on the lower intertidal, among coral rubble and between rocky crevices. It is vibrantly coloured and has 96 marginal tentacles with branching outgrowths along each, resulting in a ‘frilly’ appearance. The anemone has a flat expanded oral disc, with discal tentacles that are inconspicuous and reduced, unlike syntypes of its congeners. Details of its live appearance, musculature, and cnidom are also provided for the first time. Overall, types of cnidae and capsule sizes differ from other known species of Phymanthus documented elsewhere. It is inferred that P.pinnulatus has a wide distribution that extends eastwards from Singapore, as far as Ambon and the Torres Straits. Some individuals reported as Phymanthusmuscosus Haddon and Shackleton, 1893 and Phymanthusbuitendijki Pax, 1924 are probably P.pinnulatus. This morphological analysis provides new insights into the characters used to delimit P.pinnulatus, clarifies its geographical distribution, and contributes to an ongoing revision of the genus Phymanthus.

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Edwards, Elizabeth. "Torres Strait Islanders." Anthropology Today 15, no. 1 (February 1999): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2678210.

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Shnukal, Anna. "Torres Strait Creole." Volume 2 2 (January 1, 1985): 154–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aralss.2.11shn.

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BLAKEMORE, ROBERT J., CSABA CSUZDI, MASAMICHI T. ITO, NOBUHIRO KANEKO, TATSUYA KAWAGUCHI, and MENNO SCHILTHUIZEN. "Taxonomic status and ecology of Oriental Pheretima darnleiensis (Fletcher, 1886) and other earthworms (Oligochaeta : Megascolecidae) from Mt Kinabalu, Borneo." Zootaxa 1613, no. 1 (October 12, 2007): 23–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1613.1.2.

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The synonymy of Perichaeta darnleiensis Fletcher, 1886, first described from Australian Darnley Island in the Torres Straits, was confused since Beddard (1900) and Michaelsen (1900) wrongly applied the names Perichaeta cingulata Schmarda, 1861 (= Megascolex cingulatus) and Megascolex indicus Horst, 1883 [= Amynthas corticis (Kinberg, 1828)], respectively. Taxonomic revision of this species now merges several parthenogenetic morphs, including Pheretima decipiens Beddard, 1912 syn. nov. from Luzon, Philippines. Final resolution depends on location of missing types or, alternatively, on neotypification, nevertheless new material from Mt. Kinabalu, north Sabah (Borneo) allows augmentation of the description of Pheretima darnleiensis from that given by Sims & Easton (1972) who, for its lobate/serrate intestinal caeca, remarked that these “cannot be regarded as taxonomic characters as they are more fully formed in the larger specimens”. Body size range is now 45–700 mm, although this suggests either high plasticity or too wide synonymy. Its distribution in the tropical Indo-Australasian Archipelago and islands of Malaysia, Indonesia and Fiji is attributed to human-mediated introductions in recent and pre-historic times that mask its true provenance; reports from Hawaii, Sri Lanka, South Africa and South America are disputed. Sympatric Amynthas omeimontis kinabalu Sims & Easton, 1972 was elevated to species level by Blakemore (2005). Descriptions of Pheretima (Parapheretima) saba Sims & Easton, 1972 and Polypheretima everetti (Beddard & Fedarb, 1895: 69) – somewhat similar to Polypheretima kinabaluensis (Beddard & Fedarb, 1895: 71) – are augmented and specimens are figured on newly collected material. A new Mt Kinabalu earthworm, Metaphire paka Blakemore sp. nov. is proposed that compares with Metaphire cai (Michaelsen, 1916) from Java [originally “Pheretima inflata (Horst) var. cai”], bringing the total known earthworms from Mt Kinabalu to six species. Ecological associations are briefly discussed.

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Barnes, Ketrina. "Torres Strait Islander Women." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 26, no. 1 (July 1998): 25–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1326011100001794.

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During some stage in their lives many Torres Strait Islanders, especially women will migrate to Australia in order to further their education, employment and training (Warrior, 1997). This paper focuses on a recent that I carried out among Torres Strait Islander women living on the mainland. The purpose of the survey is to indicate how Torres Strait Islander women are maintaining their identity whilst living on the mainland. To show these results, first the Torres Strait Islanders will be discussed generally to give an overview of their identity, then briefly Torres Strait Islanders on the mainland will be discussed. The paper will then conclude which the results from the survey conducted.

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Lui, Getano. "Torres Strait: towards 2001." Race & Class 35, no. 4 (April 1994): 11–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030639689403500403.

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Hutchings, Pat. "Torres strait baseline study." Marine Pollution Bulletin 24, no. 6 (June 1992): 282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0025-326x(92)90583-r.

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Gladstone, William, and Ian J. Dight. "Torres Strait baseline study." Marine Pollution Bulletin 29, no. 1-3 (January 1994): 121–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0025-326x(94)90435-9.

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Wolanski, Eric, Peter Ridd, and Masamichi Inoue. "Currents through Torres Strait." Journal of Physical Oceanography 18, no. 11 (November 1988): 1535–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1988)018<1535:ctts>2.0.co;2.

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Sanders, Will. "Reshaping governance in Torres Strait: The Torres Strait regional authority and beyond." Australian Journal of Political Science 30, no. 3 (November 1995): 500–524. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00323269508402353.

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Ewing, Bronwyn, Thomas J. Cooper, Annette R. Baturo, Chris Matthews, and Huayu Sun. "ContextualisingtheTeachingandLearningofMeasurementwithinTorres Strait Islander Schools." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 39, no. 1 (2010): 11–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/s1326011100000880.

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AbstractA one-year mathematics project that focused on measurement was conducted with six Torres Strait Islander schools and communities. Its key focus was to contextualise the teaching and learning of measurement within the students' culture, communities and home languages. Six teachers and two teacher aides participated in the project. This paper reports on the findings from the teachers' and teacher aides' survey questionnaire used in the first Professional Development session to identify: a) teachers' experience of teaching in the Torres Strait Islands, b) teachers' beliefs about effective ways to teach Torres Strait Islander students, and c) contexualising measurement within Torres Strait Islander culture, communities and home languages. A wide range of differing levels of knowledge and understanding about how to contextualise measurement to support student learning were identified and analysed. For example, an Indigenous teacher claimed that mathematics and the environment are relational, that is, they are not discrete and in isolation from one another, rather they interconnect with mathematical ideas emerging from the environment of the Torres Strait communities.

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Petus, Caroline, Jane Waterhouse, Dieter Tracey, Eric Wolanski, and Jon Brodie. "Using Optical Water-Type Classification in Data-Poor Water Quality Assessment: A Case Study in the Torres Strait." Remote Sensing 14, no. 9 (May 5, 2022): 2212. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14092212.

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For many years, local communities have expressed concerns that turbid plume waters from the Fly River in Papua New Guinea may potentially deliver mine-derived contaminants to the Torres Strait, an ecologically and culturally unique area north of the Australian mainland. Information on suspended sediment transport and turbidity patterns are needed in this data-limited region to identify and manage downstream ecosystems that may be at risk of exposure from the Fly River runoff. This study used MODIS satellite time series and a colour-classification approach to map optical water types around the data-poor Gulf of Papua and Torres Strait region. The satellite data were supported by field data, including salinity and suspended sediment measurements, and used together in qualitative water quality assessments to evaluate the habitats that are likely exposed to Fly River discharge and/or derived sediments. It showed that the Fly River influence in the Torres Strait region is largely limited to the north-east corner of the Torres Strait. The drivers of turbidity vary between locations, and it is impossible to fully separate direct riverine plume influence from wave and tidally driven sediment resuspension in the satellite maps. However, results indicate that coastal habitats located as far east as Bramble Cay and west to Boigu Island are located in an area that is most likely exposed to the Fly River discharge within the region, directly or through sediment resuspension. The area that is the most likely exposed is a relatively small proportion of the Torres Strait region, but encompasses habitats of high ecological importance, including coral reefs and seagrass meadows. Satellite data showed that the period of highest risk of exposure was during the south-east trade wind season and complemented recent model simulations in the region over larger spatial and temporal frames. This study did not evaluate transboundary pollution or the ecological impact on local marine resources, but other recent studies suggest it is likely to be limited. However, this study did provide long-term, extensive but qualitative, baseline information needed to inform future ecological risk mapping and to support decision making about management priorities in the region. This is important for ensuring the protection of the Torres Strait ecosystems, given their importance to Torres Strait communities and turtle and dugong populations, and the Torres Strait’s connectivity with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

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Osborne, Barry. "Around in Circles or Expanding Spirals?: a Retrospective Look at Education in Torres Strait, 1964-2003." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 32 (2003): 61–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1326011100003835.

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AbstractFrom the early 1900s, education in the Torres Strait was dominated by protectionism and segregation. In 1964 on Thursday Island the segregated state school system was abolished: “coloured children” could attend the high top from 1964 and thus secondary schooling became available to all as far as year 10. Since then there have been considerable changes. This paper describes and analyses some of these within a framework of relational justice and social access. Themes discussed include written texts about the people of Torres Strait and about education in Torres Strait; the growth of Torres Strait Islander voice in educational research; educational governance, facilities and staffing; teaching in Torres Strait classrooms; curriculum and vlanguage; preparing teachers to teach in Torres Strait; supporting teachers in Torres Strait; school-community relationships; and some recent initiatives.

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Wilson, Annabelle, Tamara Mackean, Liz Withall, Eileen Willis, Odette Pearson, Colleen Hayes, Kim O'Donnell, et al. "Protocols for an Aboriginal-led, Multi-methods Study of the Role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, Practitioners and Liaison Officers in Quality Acute Health Care." Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet 3, no. 1 (2022): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/aihjournal.v3n1.2.

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Objectives Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers/Practitioners and Liaison Officers play an important, often critical role providing advocacy and cultural and emotional support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. The main goals of this research are to explore i) how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers/Practitioners and Liaison Officers are integrated in the routine delivery of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in hospital, and ii) how the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers/Practitioners and Liaison Officers facilitates quality health outcomes. Methods This study is being conducted in three different hospitals using a multi-method approach including: yarning and Dadirri, patient journey mapping, survey and semi-structured interviews. Ethics approval has been provided from four ethics committees covering the three project sites in Australia (Adelaide, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales and Alice Springs, Northern Territory). Significance This study uses innovative methodology founded on the privileging of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges to collect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and understand patient journeys within acute health care systems. This project is led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers and guided by the Project Steering Committee comprised of stakeholders. Implications There is limited research that explores quality acute care processes and the integration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers/Practitioners work within health care teams. This research will make a valuable contribution to understanding how hospital services can achieve quality acute health care experiences for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

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Garvey, Gail, Kate Anderson, Alana Gall, Tamara L. Butler, Joan Cunningham, Lisa J. Whop, Michelle Dickson, et al. "What Matters 2 Adults (WM2Adults): Understanding the Foundations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 12 (June 8, 2021): 6193. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126193.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience a greater range of health and social disadvantages compared to other Australians. Wellbeing is a culturally-bound construct, and to date, a national evidence base around the components of wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is lacking. Understanding and measurement of wellbeing for this population is critical in achieving health equity. This paper aims to identify and describe the foundations of wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. This national qualitative study was underpinned by an Indigenist research approach which privileges the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults were purposively recruited from around Australia between September 2017 and September 2018 to participate in Yarning Circles, led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers. Yarning Circles were audio recorded, transcribed and analyzed. A Collaborative Yarning Methodology was used, which incorporated reflexive thematic analysis to identify and describe the foundations of wellbeing reported by participants. A total of 359 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults participated. Our analysis revealed five foundations of wellbeing: belonging and connection; holistic health; purpose and control; dignity and respect; and basic needs. These foundations were deeply interwoven by three interconnected aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life: family, community and culture. The findings of this study will substantially aid our efforts to develop a new wellbeing measure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. The iterative Indigenist methods used in this study provide a robust research methodology for conducting large-scale, nationally-relevant qualitative research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Policies and practices that are informed by our results have the potential to address outcomes that are meaningful for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Brady, Maggie, and Vic McGrath. "MakingTubain the Torres Strait Islands:." Journal of Pacific History 45, no. 3 (December 2010): 315–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223344.2010.530811.

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Thomas, David P., Nadia Lusis, Anke E. Van der Sterren, and Ron Borland. "Electronic Cigarette Use and Understanding Among a National Sample of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Smokers." Nicotine & Tobacco Research 21, no. 10 (July 19, 2018): 1434–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty154.

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Abstract Introduction Adult daily smoking prevalence in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is 2.8 times that of other Australians. There is little data on prevalence of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We measured e-cigarette use and beliefs about their harmfulness in national samples of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers and of all Australian smokers. Methods The Talking About the Smokes project interviewed a nationally representative quota sample of 1301 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers between August 2013 and August 2014. The Australian Wave 9 survey of the long-running International Tobacco Control Project interviewed 1093 smokers between February and May 2013. Estimates for all Australian smokers were standardized to the age and sex distribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers. Results Fewer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander than all Australian smokers had tried an e-cigarette (21% vs. 30%). This was in part because of more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers having not heard of e-cigarettes. Fewer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers than all Australian smokers agreed that e-cigarettes are less harmful than conventional cigarettes (22% vs. 50%). Conclusions Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers have used e-cigarettes. However, there is considerable misunderstanding about the relative harm of e-cigarettes compared with conventional cigarettes, in part because of the tight regulatory environment in Australia. Implications The study describes e-cigarette use and understanding in national samples of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers and of all Australian smokers. Only small studies have reported on e-cigarette use in this high smoking prevalence population. Fewer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers than all Australian smokers had tried an e-cigarette and fewer agreed that e-cigarettes are less harmful than conventional cigarettes. Australian governments, health authorities, health professionals, and e-cigarette regulations should provide clearer messages that e-cigarettes are less harmful.

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Brinckley, Makayla-May, Sarah Bourke, Felecia Watkin Lui, and Raymond Lovett. "Knowledge translation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research contexts in Australia: scoping review protocol." BMJ Open 12, no. 7 (July 2022): e060311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060311.

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IntroductionKnowledge translation (KT) involves bridging the gaps between research knowledge and research application or practice, by sharing this knowledge with knowledge-users. KT is increasingly being used in research with Indigenous peoples globally to address the top-down and inappropriate research approaches commonly used in Indigenous research. Employing KT in Indigenous research in Australia is an emergent field, despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples having conducted KT for generations.There is limited evidence which demonstrates how KT is applied in the Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander context. Results will benefit researchers by demonstrating ways of appropriately translating research findings to knowledge-users, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, researchers and policy makers. The scoping review will also inform a KT definition, method and practices used in a large-scale, longitudinal cohort study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults: the Mayi Kuwayu Study.Methods and analysisUnder guidance of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander governance committee, we will conduct a scoping review on KT in Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander research. We will follow the scoping review method outlined by the Joanna Briggs Institute. We will search the ANU SuperSearch, and grey and hard to find literature in June 2022. Abstracts and full-text articles will be screened by two independent reviewers. We will include studies that relate to KT in Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander research, regardless of the research topic. Results will be used to inform the KT definition, method and practices that can be used in Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander research contexts in Australia.Ethics and disseminationThe Mayi Kuwayu Study has ethics approvals from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 12 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander organisations, and the Australian National University Human Research Ethics Committee. Results will be disseminated through peer-review publication and community workshops. Protocol registration is available online (10.17605/OSF.IO/JMFQ3).

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Fredericks, Bronwyn, Karen Adams, Sandra Angus, and Melissa Walker. "Setting a New Agenda." International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies 4, no. 2 (June 1, 2011): 17–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcis.v4i2.61.

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The Australian National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Health Strategy was developed to reflect the health priorities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, as identified by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women themselves. This article describes the process used by the Australian Women’s Health Network to develop the strategy. The women involved in the research used the talking circle method and engaged with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women through a process referred to as ‘talkin’ up’, where women ‘talk back’ to one another about issues that matter to them. In this article, we describe the power of the talkin’ up process, as a way for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to identify their own issues, discuss them in context and talk in a culturally safe environment. The strategy which emerged from this process is an accurate reflection of the issues that are important to Australian Indigenous women and highlights the improvements needed in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s health to strengthen and underpin women’s health, Indigeneity and their sense of well-being as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

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Williams, Hayley M., Kate Hunter, Bronwyn Griffin, Roy Kimble, and Kathleen Clapham. "Fire and Smoke: Using Indigenous Research Methodologies to Explore the Psychosocial Impact of Pediatric Burns on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 20 (January 1, 2021): 160940692199048. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1609406921990486.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adolescents are disproportionately affected by burn injuries, yet often omitted from burns literature or inadequately portrayed under Western frameworks. We highlight and address the urgent need for knowledge about pediatric burns among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be produced from within Indigenous research methodologies and in response to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ expressed needs. Through the use of decolonial ethnography, we applied a novel combination of participant observations, retrospective thinking aloud, and yarning methods to explore the psychosocial impact of pediatric burn injuries and care on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. To our knowledge, this is the first example of these three methods being interwoven to explore a multifaceted health issue and in a way that privileges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' knowledge systems, voices, and experiences. We suggest that these approaches have strong relevance and potential for other complex issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Shnukal, Anna. "a Bibliography of Torres Strait Education." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 31 (2003): 77–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1326011100003720.

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AbstractThis non-selective bibliography is limited to published material and is part of the Bibliography of Torres Strait to be found on the Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Studies Unit’s website at . Torres Strait Islander authors are marked with an asterisk.

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Adams, Mick, Kootsy (Justin) Canuto, Neil Drew, and Jesse John Fleay. "Postcolonial Traumatic Stresses among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians." ab-Original 3, no. 2 (September 1, 2020): 233–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/aboriginal.3.2.233.

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Abstract The mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males in Australia is often misunderstood, mainly because it has been poorly researched. When analyzing the quality of life of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males, it is crucial to consider the associated factors that have directly and indirectly contributed to their poor health and wellbeing, that is, the effects of colonization, the interruption of cultural practices, displacement of societies, taking away of traditional homelands and forceful removal of children (assimilation and other policies). The displacement of families and tribal groups from their country broke up family groups and caused conflict between the original inhabitants of the lands and dislocated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tribal groups. These dislocated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were forced to reside on the allocated government institutions where they would be (allegedly) protected. Whilst in the institutions they were made to comply with the authority rules and were forbidden to practice or participate in their traditional rituals or customs or speak their own tribal languages. Additionally, the dispossession from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional lands and the destruction of culture and political, economic, and social structures have caused many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have a pervading sense of hopelessness for the future. The traditional customs and life cycles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males were permanently affected by colonization adversely contributing to mental health problems in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. In this article we aim to provide a better understanding of the processes impacting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males' social and emotional wellbeing.

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Miller, Jenna, and Emily Berger. "A review of school trauma-informed practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth." Educational and Developmental Psychologist 37, no. 1 (May 11, 2020): 39–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/edp.2020.2.

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AbstractAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia are especially vulnerable to traumatic and discriminatory experiences. However, limited literature and research has implemented and evaluated school-based interventions designed to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people to overcome their adversity and achieve their potential at school. This article reviews the literature and frameworks on school programs designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who have experienced trauma. The key aspects of trauma-informed programs in schools for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students is explored and recommendations made for further research and greater acknowledgement of cultural and historical issues for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students when implementing culturally informed and trauma-informed practices in schools.

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Watkin Lui, Felecia. "My island home: re-presenting identities for Torres Strait Islanders living outside the Torres Strait." Journal of Australian Studies 36, no. 2 (June 2012): 141–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2012.674544.

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Kee, Margaret Ah, and Clare Tilbury. "The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle is about self determination." Children Australia 24, no. 3 (1999): 4–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200009196.

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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle has been the policy guiding the placement of indigenous children in most Australian child protection jurisdictions for around fifteen years. The Principle requires the involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community representatives in decision making concerning indigenous children, and ensuring that alternative care placements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander careproviders.Most Jurisdictions still have a significant number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children placed with non-indigenous careproviders, and community based Aboriginal and Islander child care agencies continue to express dissatisfaction about the nature and level of consultation which occurs when welfare departments are taking action to protect indigenous children.This paper, which was presented at the IFCO conference in Melbourne in July 1999, examines why there has been such limited improvement in Child Placement Principle outcomes. Work undertaken in Queensland to address the over representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the child protection system will be outlined from both a departmental and community perspective. The paper argues that if strategies for addressing these issues are not located within a framework of self determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, then they will not work.

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Garvey, Gail, Kate Anderson, Alana Gall, Tamara L. Butler, Lisa J. Whop, Brian Arley, Joan Cunningham, et al. "The Fabric of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing: A Conceptual Model." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 15 (July 21, 2021): 7745. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157745.

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Wellbeing is culturally bound and is shaped by many aspects of life, including experiences, beliefs and values. As such, in order to accurately measure wellbeing for a specific cultural group, it is necessary to understand the experiences, beliefs and values that influence the conception and experience of wellbeing of that group. This paper presents a conceptual model of wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which was developed from a large national qualitative study that explored the views of 359 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. An Aboriginal- and Torres Strait Islander-led research team used an Indigenist research approach to iteratively develop this conceptual model, called the Fabric of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing model, which takes inspiration from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander weaving traditions whereby individual strands are twined to create fabrics that are both beautiful and strong. This reflects our findings that the parts of life that are most important to wellbeing for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are interwoven with their families, communities and culture.

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Costa, Nadia, Mary Sullivan, Rae Walker, and Kerin M. Robinson. "Emergency Department Presentations of Victorian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People." Health Information Management Journal 37, no. 3 (October 2008): 15–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/183335830803700303.

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This paper explains how routinely collected data can be used to examine the emergency department attendances of Victorian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The data reported in the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD) for the 2006/2007 financial year were analysed. The presentations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal people were compared in terms of age, gender, hospital location (metropolitan and rural) and presenting condition. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were found to attend the emergency department 1.8 times more often than non-Aboriginal people. While the emergency department presentation rates of metropolitan Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal people were similar, rural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people presented to the emergency department 2.3 times more often than non-Aboriginal people. The injuries or poisonings, respiratory conditions and mental disorders presentation rates of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal population were compared. No previous studies have assessed the accuracy of the Indigenous status and diagnosis fields in the VEMD; therefore the quality of this data is unknown.

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